Ateeq Javid made it a day of double celebrations for the Aston Manor club by making his maiden first-class century. While Chris Woakes, who also played his formative cricket at the north Birmingham outfit, was making his Test debut at the Kia Oval, Javid confirmed his own potential with an innings which revived Warwickshire’s victory hopes.

Javid shared an unbroken fourth-wicket stand of 245 in 72 overs with Laurie Evans, who followed up his maiden championship century against Nottinghamshire last month with a dominant unbeaten 130.

“It’s an amazing feeling, you train all your professional life to get your maiden first-class hundred and it’s a good feeling getting there,” Javid said. “I’ve got close a couple of times before and have been disappointed to have got out for 85 and then 83 so to get there is very special.”

Warwickshire have had high expectations of Javid since they signed him as a 16-year-old five years ago but he played no part in their title campaign last year and it his ability to bowl a few overs of off-spin that has helped to secure his selection this summer.

For most of the season Javid has batted down the order but he shared a match-shaping seventh-wicket stand of 199 with Evans against Nottinghamshire which helped to secure his promotion here in place of the out-of-form William Porterfield.

When the pair came together Warwickshire were wobbling on 38 for three but Piyush Chawla, the Indian leg-spinner, failed to make the expected impact on a dry and turning pitch. Chawla had played only a couple of club matches for the Jolly Rovers in three months and looked rusty on his Somerset debut.

Evans moved effortlessly from 50 to three figures in just 64 balls but he celebrated Javid’s landmark century more exuberantly than he did his own.